Rodolfo Graziani

Rodolfo Graziani (11 August 1882-11 January 1955) was Minister of Defense of the Italian Social Republic from 23 September 1943 to 25 April 1945 under Benito Mussolini, also serving as governor of Libya, viceroy of Ethiopia, and chief-of-staff of the Royal Italian Army.

Biography
After stints as governor of Libya, viceroy of Ethiopia, and the Italian army's chief-of-staff, Graziani was made commander-in-chief in North Africa in 1940. He mismanaged the invasion of Egypt and was removed in early 1941 but re-emerged briefly as Mussolini's minister of defense in 1943. Tried for treason in 1945, he served five years.